Improved extefsioi-w-ardrobe frame



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ELIAS GILL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' Letters Patent No. 80,723, dated August 4,/1868.

IMPROVED EXTENSION-WARDROBE FRAME.

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Be it known that I, ELIAS GILL, of the city, county, and State *of New York, have invented a new and `improved EXtensiomWardi-obc Frame; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which wil-l enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. n

Figure l represents a front elevation, partly in section, of my improved extension-wardrobe frame.

Figure 2 is a verticalitransverse section ofthe same, taken on the planeol the line a: rc, fig. 1.

Figure 8 is a horizontal section ofthe same, taken on the plane ofthe line y gj, iig. I.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to construct a frame for a portable wardrobe, in such manner that the same can be freely and readily extended and contracted, as to length and width, according to the 100111 which it iS intended it shouldoccupy.

The inventionconsists in connecting the four posts oflthe frame, which fit with their lower ends into slotted bars 'or beds, longitudinally as well as` transversely, with toggle-levers or slotted extension-bars, or both, so that they can longitudinally as well as transversely be moved any desired distance apart, to produce a wardrobe of lsuitable size. A

A A, in t-hc drawing, are the two rear posts, B B the front posts of my improved skelcton-wardrcbe frame. The rear posts are secured with their lower ends to the respective rear end s of two horizontal bars C C, which are grooved on top. The frontposts have tenons, a, on their lower ends, that t into the grooves of the bars C, so as to be backward and forward adjustabletherein.

The two` rear posts are connected with each other by means of extension-bars, l) D,` of which one has a slot, and the other a pin, b, fitting through the said slot, a nut being on the pin for clamping the bars in a desired position. In like manner'may the two front posts be connected with each other by means of extension- Abars E E. These extension-bars allow the posts to be longitudinally.adjusted,any distance apart, so as to obtain a 'frame ofthe desired long-th.

. 'lhe ends ofthe bars may be so arranged that'tliey will slide beyondV the opposite posts, so that thc bars C C may be brought 'close together, when it'is desired to fold the frame together into a small compass.

AInstead of the extension-bars, toggle-levers or jointed bars, G G, may be used, as indicated by dotted lines in fig. I, orj'ointcd levers F F, shown in iig. I. y Each front post is connected with the'post A, in rear of it, by means of'a series ofjointed bars H H, shown in iig.`2, or by their equivalents, such as sliding extension-bars or others. i

'lhercby the width ofthe frame is made adjustable, the front posts, during such adjustment, sliding in the groovcd bars (l.l g v An ornamental frontispicce, I,'1na`y be produced by means of two carvedjoin'ted bars, as shown in iig. I.

Y Clothes-hool:s, c c, may be suspended from the extension-bars D D, as shown, and suitable shelving can be introduced in suitable manner after the frame has been adjustedto the desired dimensions. i

When the size of thc frame has been ascertained, it maybe covered and. surrounded by oil-cloth, wood, or other suitable fabric, flexible or' rigid material'.4

The frame can be folded together into a very small compass for transporting.

The front part ot' the frame should have itsjointedror extension-levers as much as possible near the top, to give ample room for access to the interior ot' the wardrobe, while in rear theyV may be distributed in any suitable manner.

I-Iaving thus described my invention7 what I claim as new, and desir-,c to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. An cx tension-skeleton fra-mc, for portable wardrobes, constructed and operating substantially asdescribed, so that it can be longitudinally and laterally extended and contracted and folded together, as sc t forth.

2. The posts A A, B B, when connected and combined with the grooved bars C C, and with the-extensionbars D D, E E, and with the jointed levers H 1I, orI their respective equivalents, all made and operating substantially as herein shown and described, for the purpose specified.

ELIAS e-ILL.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLocKLnY, ALEX. F. Renners. 

